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March 13, 1928.

T. BRADY GAME Filed May 5. 192e Qin.

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THOMAS BRADY, D?? EllS'l RAlGE, NEW JERSEY.

GAME.

Application iiled May. 5,

This invention relates to games, and particularly to a baseball, gaine. Various forms of baseball ganies have 1 been devised but most of such games are more or less con'iplicated and depend `for their success in playing on the skill of the players.

rlhis invention has for its object to provide a baseball gaine that is simple in construction and can be played with equal facility by skilled and unskilled players or, in other words, a baseball game in which success depends on chance rather than skill.

Further obj cts of the invention will appear from the following specification taken in connection with the drawings, which form a part of this application, and in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a game einbodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken s11b stantially on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation similar to .F ig. 2, but showing the game board constructed of sheet material, such as sheet metal.

The gaine, briefly described, is played on a game board having a playing field tor determining the performance of the players and a diamond for locating the players according to their performance.

The players are represented by marbles or small balls. A portion of the playing tield is indicated as the home plate and the marble or ball representing the player is placed in this position in a depression by means of which it is maintained at rest. A slight push or shove on the marble will start it rolling through a. groove or elongated the tield. Since the groove or guideway is straight and is disposed substantially in alinement with the center of the lfield, it is impossible to change the direction ot movement of the ball as itl moves to the field.

The .field has formed therein ak plurality of depressionsor openings into one or". which the marble or ball may roll. These depressions are indicated or labelled as 1 Base hit 2 Base hit,"3 Base hit or Home run. The tield has projections extending inwardly therein from the edge for dedecting the ball. If the ball does notroll into any of the depressions or openings, the player represented by the ball is out. It, however, the ball rolls into one of the deguideway by means of which it is guided to ieee. serial ne. massa.

pressions, :for instance, into one of those labelled Il `Base hit, the ball is placed on the diamond at the left of the board on 3rd Base. t i

rillu-eo vdf-ipressions are disposed on the section ot the board having a playing field thereon and are labelledk 1-Out, f2-Out and 3*0116.

rlheother section of the board having a diamond also has a pair, of elongated de7 pressions :t'or receiving the marbles representing the twoteams, these being adapted to accommodate nine marbles each.k Beneath the4 diamond are a plurality of alined openings labelled Runs in which the marbles completing the circuit or making runs y are disposed. This portion of the board also has clips for securing score sheets thereon. p f

Further details of the invention will appearptrom the following description.

1n the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated, the game board is divided into two sections A and B. The board may be formed Vof any suitable material,

.such as Wood, pasteboard,.papier mchor sheet nietal7 and preferably has a raised bord er 10 formed thereon.

The playing field, as illustrated, is loated in the section A and has a` raised substantially circular border 11 and a plurality oi.E raised inwardly extending projections 12 angular in outline. The playing field has iforn'ied therein a plurality of depressions 13. lt the board is formed of sheet metal, these depressions will probably be punched through the metal. rlhese depressions as shown are labelled .1 Base hit, .2 Base hit- 8 Base hit and Home run.

The playing lield has extending laterally troni the edge thereofanl elongated runway or guiding slot 15 whichfterminates in an annular depression 16 labelled Home plate, batter up. lt will be noted tliatthe runway er slot 15 extends substantially dialnet? rically of the playing yiield. i

he section i of the board also has three i openings 18, 19 and 2O labelled respectively il-Out, 20m, and Z3-Out and the play-k ing rules are preferably printed at the two sides oi. the runway 15 so that the players can reiter thereto easily and conveniently.

, The section E ot the board has a diamond 2O 1o ned thereon and provided with depressions 21 labelled Home, 1st Base,

2nd Base, 3rd Base. At each side of lie` the diamond there is disposed an elongated depression or slot 25 representing the bench for holding the nine players of each team.

Beneath the diamond there are two Sets of alined openings` or depressionlfl and 3l. each oft these sets being labelled Runs. At the bottom of Section li are clips ttl and 35 adapted to hold a score pad 3o.

The game is played as follows. One of the marbles or balls representing the player4 will be taken from the bench and placed in the depression lf3. A tap off the finger will cause this ball to roll through the runway or slot l5 onto the playing;` field. The ball will then roll on the playingr field and will either drop into one of the slots or openings or come to rest on the field. It it drops into one of the openings as, for instance, in an opening labelled 2 Base hit, the ball will be removed from the playing field and placed at 2nd base on the diamond. It'. however, the hall comes to rest on the playing field. it will be placed in the o )ening or depression 18 labelled 'l()ut. T e second ball will then be placed in the depression lt', and the operation will be repeated and the pereon playing will continue until there are three out. Then the person representing the other side of' the content will play in aV `similar manner. As runs are made, the balls representing the players making the runs will he placed in the depressione` 30 or 31 and the score will be kept in the usual manner.

From the. foregoing description it will be seen that a simple and practical game has been designed and that success in playing the game depends entirely on chance and notl on skill, due to the fact'v that the balle` cannot be. projected in any desired direction onto the field but mustI all enter the field through the groove l5. The borders of thir groove are` labelled Foul line" and if a ball lea-ves the groove over the border, this constitutes a foul and the player 'an replace the ball and try zgain.

Although one Specific embodiment of the invention has been part-ieularl)- show n and deecribed. it will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and that change in the construction and in the arrangement of the various cooperating parta` may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of' the invention, as expressed in the following claims.

YVhat l claim is:

1. A game board having a playing field,

a raised border around said field. depre sions scattered in said field and an elongated substantially straight runway leading to said field and alined with the center thereof. said runway having au enlargement at the end thereof remote from the field adapted to `upport a spherical member, and penalty spacca adjoining said runway.

A game board having a playing field. a raised border around said field, depres' I-ions scattered promisconsly in said field and an elongated straight depression leading to said field and alined with the center thereof.

25. A gaine board having a playing field, a raised border around said field, dcpreasionsA scattered in said field. an elongated runway leading to said field, and deflecting means extending into the field from the borde and adapted to defiect a ball.

l. A. game board having a substantially circular playing field, a raised border around said field. depressions scattered promiscuoualy in said field and an elongated, straight runway leading to said field. said runway heilig alined with a diameter of raid field. penalty spaceA alongr Isaid runway and deflecting moana extending into aid field and adapted to deflect a ball.

A baseball game having a Substantial ly level playing field, a rained border around .Said field. depressiom scattered in said field and an elongated `substantially level runway lading to said field. each of -aid defn'eeszion;`v

-heing labelled to indicate a hit or run.` penalty Spaces along `said runway. each .apacibeing labelled to indicat a foul line.

t5. A baseball game hoard having a play ing field thereon provided with a plurality of openings` in the `"ui-face thereof. each opening being labelled to indicate a bare hit or a run. a run yay leading to said field. .spaces along Said runway being labelled to indicate a tionl line and a diamond separate from said field and having depreasionf: repv resenting first base. Second base and third base.

'i'. A baleball gaine board having a Fubstantially level playing field a border furrounding the field. a plurality of' openiug-` in the field surface and a depressed runway leading to said field, said runway being bounded by foul lines.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set, my hand this third day of May` 19:26.

THOMAS BRADY. 

